Park Hyatt x NYTimes to pair up “cultural trailblazers” at live events around the world

Park Hyatt and NYTimes announced “The New York Times TasteMasters“ live talk series with chefs, artists and designers.The collaboration will feature three events around the world that bring together a pair of cultural trailblazers in an intimate live conversation moderated by a New York Times journalist. Each duo will be an unexpected pairing of talent … Read more

Imperiali Genève unveils the Emperador, the most prestigious cigar chest in the world

With a price tag of one million Swiss francs/ €917,975, Imperiali Genève’s Emperador is the most prestigious cigar chest in the world. Combined with a timepiece featuring a tourbillon, this utterly unique object limited to just 12 units produced per year, is the fruit of the ambitious imagination of Imperiali Genève, “a young company aspiring to … Read more

Dior by Avedon – incredible moments in photography that will intrigue photography, art, and fashion lovers alike

For nearly 30 years, the American photographer Richard Avedon captured the essence of Dior in images that have become iconic.   From Maison Dior‘s beginnings in 1947, and over almost thirty years, photographer Richard Avedon would immortalize Christian Dior creations in images that have become legendary. The newly-released book Dior by Avedon, published by Rizzoli, … Read more

The Coupe Corbusier concept car

The Design team at Groupe Renault is paying homage to the visionary Le Corbusier, the celebrated architect and designer who reinvented architecture and made it more broadly accessible. The teams decided to investigate the topic of “French cultural objects“. Their research and inspirations soon led them back to the golden age of the automobile in … Read more

Balmain x H&M: the high-street’s answer to super-glam partywear

Olivier Rousteing’s forthcoming collection for high street brand H&M is a riot of beads, gold and (fairly) affordable partywear

Swiss couple Iwan and Manuela Wirth top art power list

Wirths praised for changing model of how art is bought and sold, while Ai Weiwei ranks second and Nicholas Serota falls to fifth